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CVE-2018-18512
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.6%
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- Updated
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- mozilla
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although the sound is still being played asynchronously, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Use-after-free during sound notifications
- CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 60.5
References (2)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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